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...ad racing|roadracer]]. He was the first American to win a 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle race when he won the 1976 Finnish Grand Prix for [[Suzuki]]. ...ar, he would again finish third in the world championship and won the 1977 British Grand Prix at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]].

...Dorino" Serafini''' ([[July 22]], [[1909]] - [[July 5]], [[2000]]) was a [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]] and [[racing driver]] from [[Italy]]. A native of [[Pesaro]] ([[Marche]]), he won the 1939 [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing European Champions|500cc European Championship]] on a [[Gilera]]. He

...he title in 2000 and 2001, before racing in [[World Supersport]] and the [[British Superbike]] championship, winning the Cup for non-works riders in 2004. [[Category:British motorcycle racers|Ellison, James]]

...he is the all-time leader in victories in motorcycle [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Grand Prix history]]. ..., Italian industrialist. His father originally didn't approve of his son's motorcycle racing career. He did everything he could to persuade his son not to race.

|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' ! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]]

|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' ! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]]

...or the factory [[Suzuki]] MotoGP team. He is a former [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|250cc World Champion]] for [[Aprilia]]. ...th [[1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1993]] and [[1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1994]] without winning it.

...]] who has been racing for over 30 years, winning three World titles, four British championships and ridden in almost 110 GPs. ...n, [[Leon Haslam]], in his expanding racing career and training riders and racers alike at the Ron Haslam Race School at [[Donington Park]].

|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' | [[1973 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1973]] - [[1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1989]]

...l mechanical failures, which effectivly undid the hard work to develop the motorcycle. Having qualified on the front row at [[Motegi]], he was eliminated in a fi ...[[Paul Denning]] as team boss following Denning's success with Suzuki's [[British Superbike]] team. John briefly lead at [[Donington]], but his best result w

...cle racing European Champions|500cc European Championship]] on a [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]]. He participated in numerous non-championship Formula One races. | [[1950 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small></small>

...as Troy Corser, Neil Hodgson and Troy Bayliss. This attitude towards other racers has made him a love-or-hate personality in the motorcycling world.

|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' ! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]]

|Nationality || {{flagiconUK}} [[United Kingdom|British]] ...|| [[1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1952]] - [[1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1960]]

The '''Ducati 750 Imola Desmo''' is a race [[motorcycle]] built by [[Ducati]] that won the [[1972]] [[Imola Circuit|Imola]] 200km r ...ere was a running motor. By August of 1970, there was a complete prototype motorcycle. Taglioni engaged Leopoldo Tartarini, the founder of Italjet, to refine the

...o'' ("little puppy") and in 1950 began producing its own complete 98-pound motorcycle with the same name. ...bikes a day, but cheap cars were entering the markets, and sales for many motorcycle manufacturers would decline.

...(born 5 October 1980 in [[Doncaster]], [[South Yorkshire]] is an British [[motorcycle]] racer. Toseland was the {{SBK|2007}} [[List of Superbike World champions| ...Ray Stubbs]] for BBC's Sport Relief, as well as playing a piano set at the British sports personality of the year awards 2007.

...the only [[Road racing|street circuit racing event]] in which both car and motorcycle races are held. Every year more than three hundred racing drivers and rider The motorcycle race was introduced in 1967, and in that year the first fatal tragedy struc

...t the younger Ascari had an interest in racing in spite of it. He raced [[motorcycle]]s in his earlier years; it was after he entered the prestigious [[Mille Mi ...wheel of a [[Maserati 4CLT/48]], on his way to second place in the [[1948 British Grand Prix]] at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]].]]

|Sport || [[Motorcycle sport]] ...he [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] the governing body of motorcycle racing and managed and promoted by [[FGSport]].

'''Motorcycle sport''' is a broad field that encompasses all [[sport]]ing aspects of [[mo ...rnationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] is the international sanctioning body for motorcycle racing and most nations have their own governing bodies. Other breakaway/in

|Company slogan || Motorcycle Art |Industry || [[Motorcycle]]

Generally, any two-cylinder motorcycle engine with its two cylinders at an equidistant opposite angles from the ce ...there was a running motor. By August 1970, there was a complete prototype motorcycle. Taglioni engaged Leopoldo Tartarini, the founder of [[Italjet]], to refine

The 1964 '''Ducati Berliner 1260 Apollo''' was a prototype model of [[motorcycle]], that did not make it into production, yet influenced other production mo [[Image:Ducati_apollo.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Ducati Apollo motorcycle]]

...] [[automobile]]s. '''Motor racing''' or '''motorsport''' may also mean [[motorcycle racing]], and can include [[motorboat racing]] and [[air racing]]. It is on ...r and GT championships are dominant in North America while the venerable [[British Touring Car Championship]] continues in [[Great Britain]]. America's histor

|Industry || [[Scooter (motorcycle)|Scooter]] ...actured scooters; [[India|Indian]] light vehicle engines; [[United Kingdom|British]] fashion clothing; and [[China|Chinese]] produced watches.

...] [[automobile]]s. '''Motor racing''' or '''motorsport''' may also mean [[motorcycle racing]], and can include [[motorboat racing]] and [[air racing]]. It is on ...r and GT championships are dominant in North America while the venerable [[British Touring Car Championship]] continues in [[Great Britain]]. America's histor

[[Image:Mika_Kallio_KTM_125_II.jpg|thumb|250px|Contemporary racing motorcycle]] [[Image:mobike.cagiva.750pix.jpg|thumb|250px|A 125 cc motorcycle, the Italian-manufactured Cagiva Planet.]]

...] [[automobile]]s. '''Motor racing''' or '''motorsport''' may also mean [[motorcycle racing]], and can include [[motorboat racing]] and [[air racing]]. It is on ...r and GT championships are dominant in North America while the venerable [[British Touring Car Championship]] continues in [[Great Britain]]. America's histor

...] [[automobile]]s. '''Motor racing''' or '''motorsport''' may also mean [[motorcycle racing]], and can include [[motorboat racing]] and [[air racing]]. It is on ...r and GT championships are dominant in North America while the venerable [[British Touring Car Championship]] continues in [[Great Britain]]. America's histor

...] [[automobile]]s. '''Motor racing''' or '''motorsport''' may also mean [[motorcycle racing]], and it can further include [[motorboat racing]] and [[air racing] ...r and GT championships are dominant in North America while the venerable [[British Touring Car Championship]] continues in [[Great Britain]]. America's histor

Shortly after, the concept was picked up by a number of British cartwrights; the most notable being [[Denis Johnson of London]]. We can as ...nious design" knocked over a pedestrian in the Gorbals and was fined five British shillings. However, the evidence connecting this with MacMillan isn't even

...al problems. A lack of sponsorship funding made further competing with the British teams impossible.{{-}} '''The Story (below) of the Stanguellini Sports Racers by Jim Jenné'''

...ionally used [[oversteer]] in motorsports such as [[dirt track racing]], [[motorcycle speedway]], and [[rallying]]. Early [[Grand Prix]] drivers such as [[Tazio ...lar in the All Japan Touring Car Championship races over 30 years ago. A [[motorcycle racing|motorcycling]] legend turned driver, [[Kunimitsu Takahashi]], was th

...Francorchamps]] race course was built in [[1921]] but it was only used for motorcycle racing until 1924. After the 1923 success of the new [[24 hours of Le Mans] ...outing at the [[French Grand Prix]]. In 1939, the race claimed the life of British driver [[Richard Seaman|Richard "Dick" Seaman]] while leading the race. Dur

...0 GT's design elements later found their way in the [[Alfa Romeo Tipo 33]] racers and the Scaglione designed 'Stradale' road car. ...the 2500 GT mid-engined sports-cars. One of the Tipo 100s was bought by a British team, who used many of the mechanics for the Derrington-Francis car raced o

...that peaked with the legendary [[Alfa Romeo 8C|Alfa Romeo 2900B Type 35]] racers. In a British sales brochure:

...With tires of solid rubber, his machine became known as ''the ordinary''. British cyclists likened the disparity in size of the two wheels to their coinage, {{main|Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics}}

...drive Model B trucks for the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] and [[United States|American]] armies during [[World War I]]. [[Bugatti]] created a total of three four-wheel drive racers, the [[Bugatti Type 53|Type 53]], in [[1932]], but the cars were legendary

.... Other Ferrari prototypes, including two 330&nbsp;Ps, were entered by the British team Maranello Concessionaires, the Belgian team Equipe Nationale Belge and ...|1988]]. It was an emotional victory for all concerned, and re-ignited the British interest in the race. Apart from a lone Jaguar in fourth, Porsches filled t